Check whether text is valid JSON.

Reject malformed input before processing it.

SQL snippet.sql
SELECT json_valid('{"ok":true}'), json_valid('{broken}');

Expected output EXAMPLE

1|0

Details

Requires SQLite 3.40 or later. Run with sqlite3 demo.db in a scratch directory. Result rows below use | between columns, without headers; client display formatting may differ. The function returns one for valid JSON and zero for invalid JSON. The verifier uses a fresh SQLite file for each example.

✓ Verified

Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · SQLite 3.45.1 · sqlite3 3.45.1-1ubuntu2.8

Test inputs, results and environment

The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Snippet process uid 65534 with a read-only root filesystem and temporary working files. Networking disabled. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.

Architecture / host kernel
x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Snippet identity / locale
uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged process) / C.UTF-8
Interpreter invocation
Execute the exact SQL in a fresh database/schema; serialize result rows with | separators
Container image ID
sha256:ec91410a8f6ec3e985830b5e3a0560306d36f8c1c5ccd91a6699abe707123fa3
Code SHA-256
b552a6c3ec1ffea0f4752e8d096a19f33c75e1ba645bcfd072b498feb3e714f8
Dependencies
sqlite3 3.45.1-1ubuntu2.8

Test input setup

These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.

# No input files required.

Observed standard output

1|0

Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.